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Read p. 441, LEFT column, paragraph beginning with “Giving, receiving, and sharing…” Note the significance of reciprocit

Read p. 441, LEFT column, paragraph beginning with “Giving, receiving, and sharing…” Note the significance of reciprocity in some societies. Redistribution. Information on this was covered in a worksheet. Leveling Mechanism or Device. find a definition on p. 445 of your textbook

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Read p. 441, LEFT column, paragraph beginning with “Giving, receiving, and sharing…” Note the significance of reciprocit

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  1. Read p. 441, LEFT column, paragraph beginning with “Giving, receiving, and sharing…” • Note the significance of reciprocity in some societies.

  2. Redistribution • Information on this was covered in a worksheet.

  3. Leveling Mechanism or Device • find a definition on p. 445 of your textbook • read about the Melanesians and their pig feasts on p. 111 of the handout • How are their pig feasts an adaptive behavior? • leveling mechanism as adaptation

  4. Potlatch • Read about potlatch: • p. 111-112 of your handout • p. 444-445 of your textbook • What is potlatch? Who practices it? • What is its purpose? • How does it serve as a leveling mechanism? • How is it adaptive?

  5. Read the two paragraphs in the RIGHT column on p. 444 under the heading “Spending Wealth to Gain Prestige” • Many people have noted the materialism and consumerism of modern global culture. • Some people say this focus on having stuff – MORE, BETTER, BIGGER STUFF – has distracted us from what’s really important in life and begun to erode our cultural values • But what might an economic anthropologist argue?

  6. Reciprocity and the Power of Giving • Read the article. Take notes as you read. • As you read note: What is Cronk saying is “the power of giving”? • “White man keeping” v. “Indian giving” • Lee’s Christmas gift to the !Kung • niffag: gift v. sale • “You see, we don’t trade with things, we trade with people!” • “The time of fighting is past… We do not fight now with weapons: we fight with property.” • academia – citations • Iran’s Khuzestan Province • foreign aid

  7. Anthropologists would define this as… Shopping Online

  8. Anthropologists would define this as… • Gift-giving during a South Indian wedding

  9. Anthropologists would define this as… • Soccer mom brings snacks for the team

  10. Anthropologists would define this as… • Strangers help motorist stuck in snow

  11. Anthropologists would define this as… • Corporation provides college scholarship

  12. Anthropologists would define this as… • Inuit hunting caribou

  13. Anthropologists would define this as… • Elderly couple move in with daughter’s family

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